Reviews Archives : Alexandra Spring /category/features/reviews/ Features, interviews and essays Sun, 20 Jan 2019 07:23:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 /wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-alex-spring-logo-greenswash.png Reviews Archives : Alexandra Spring /category/features/reviews/ 32 32 An Evening with Germaine Greer review – hour-long ramble misses the #MeToo moment /an-evening-with-germaine-greer-review-hour-long-ramble-misses-the-metoo-moment/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:24:53 +0000 / A timely keynote from one of the world’s leading feminists promised much but delivered little It was the night after the women of Hollywood declared “time’s up” in a globally televised event. The night after the BBC was taken to taskabout pay inequality. The night after another alleged serial sexual predator was unmasked in Australia. Germaine Greer was delivering a […]

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]]> Married at First Sight: ludicrous reality show offers flicker of hope in a cynical world /married-at-first-sight-ludicrous-reality-show-offers-flicker-of-hope-in-a-cynical-world/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:14:30 +0000 / Channel Nine’s series is a compulsory TV engagement in which the participants are just hoping to survive the perils of dating Last night, 1.3 million Australians uttered the same phrase at exactly the same time: “Finally!” Finally air hostess/model Nadia called bullshit on perennially smug race caller Anthony. On a romantic date, as the pair […]

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]]> Magic in the night: Bruce Springsteen closes his Australian tour in the sodden Hunter Valley /magic-in-the-night-bruce-springsteen-closes-his-australian-tour-in-the-sodden-hunter-valley/ Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:16:14 +0000 / Wind, rain and hail didn’t come between the performer and his devoted fans as he played three hours of blockbuster songs

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]]> Crowded House review: ‘What a glorious night to be alive on the planet’ /crowded-house-review-what-a-glorious-night-to-be-alive-on-the-planet/ Fri, 25 Nov 2016 07:18:02 +0000 / Neil Finn’s band returns to the scene of their 1996 farewell show, with two hours of hits and jamming in front of 6,000 enraptured fans

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